NEW! WKNR “KEENER 13” BACK ON THE RADIO: J. MICHAEL WILSON!

NEW! A special THANK YOU to our friend, Tom Howard, of Riverside, California, for this featured WKNR aircheck contribution (he personally recorded 56 years ago) for our Motor City Radio Flashbacks repository.

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YOUR SOUVENIR EDITION! THE WKNR TOP HITS of 1969: HAPPY NEW YEAR!

WKNR SOUVENIR EDITION Keener 113 Hits of 1969


WKNR SOUVENIR EDITION Keener 113 Hits of 1969

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The 113 records and 13 albums and their positions on this “Keener Hits of 1969” Music Guide were determined by mathematical computation, considering each record’s and album’s position and duration on each of the WKNR Music Guides during the past 52 weeks and does not necessarily reflect the comparative sales of these records and albums.

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The featured WKNR music chart was entirely digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks

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A sincere thank you, Mrs. Patti Griggs. This featured presentation would have not been possible without your generosity, dedication, and your continuous support.

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Above WKNR music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.

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WXYZ 1270: JANUARY 1, 1967 [Detroit Free Press] RADIO BACK-PAGE AD

Above article/advertisement courtesy freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2023. Newspapers.com

The above featured Detroit Free Press WJR advertisement/ article was digitally re-imaged by Motor City Radio Flashbacks

Missed any of our previous ‘Detroit Radio Back-Pages‘ features? GO HERE

MCRFB Note: Special THANKS to our friend, John Bartony (a.k.a. Jukebox John) St. Clair Shores, Michigan, for providing the above Detroit Free Press WXYZ 1270 ad (January 1967) for this site, as featured today.

A special thank you to senior MCRFB consultant Greg Innis, of Livonia, MI., for contributing the Newspapers.com archives (Detroit radio related) articles, ads, and images we have provided for this site, since 2016.

Thank you, Greg Innis, for making these historic Detroit radio features possible. 🙂

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NEW! FOR THE ARCHIVE: WKQI ON THE RADIO: ROY STEPHENS!

A special THANK YOU to Roy Stephens for this recent aircheck contribution (and his photo, below) for the Motor City Radio Flashbacks collection.

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Mr. & Mrs. (Lennise) Roy Stephens, at a WKQI Christmas function, December 1997. (Photo credit: Roy Stephens)

Newly restored! This selected audio recording was digitally enhanced by Motor City Radio Flashbacks.

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In 1963, Nat Cole’s 1960 album The Magic of Christmas was re-issued under the title The Christmas Song, with that recording added to the track in place of God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman, with new cover art added. Music arranged and conducted by Ralph Carmichael.

Album recording audio remastered by Motor City Radio Flashbacks

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47 YEARS AGO, TODAY. A SPECIAL WJR CHRISTMAS EVE LEE ALAN PRESENTATION: ‘THE LETTER FROM MICHAEL’

Recording digitally remastered by Motor City Radio Flashbacks

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